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Is segment a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word segment is a Scrabble US word. The word segment is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is segment a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word segment is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1E1G2M3E1N1T1

Is segment a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word segment is a Words With Friends word. The word segment is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1G3M4E1N2T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

SEGMENT,

6-letter words (5 found)

GENETS,GENTES,MENGES,TEGMEN,TENGES,

5-letter words (28 found)

EGEST,ETENS,GEEST,GENES,GENET,GENTS,GESTE,MEETS,MENES,MENGE,MENGS,MENSE,MESNE,METES,NEEMS,NETES,SEMEN,SENTE,STEEM,STEEN,STEME,TEEMS,TEENS,TEMES,TEMSE,TENES,TENGE,TENSE,

4-letter words (44 found)

EMES,ENES,ENGS,ENTS,ESNE,ETEN,GEES,GEMS,GENE,GENS,GENT,GEST,GETS,MEES,MEET,MEGS,MENE,MENG,MENT,MESE,METE,METS,NEEM,NEGS,NEST,NETE,NETS,SEEM,SEEN,SEME,SENE,SENT,SMEE,SNEE,STEM,STEN,TEEM,TEEN,TEES,TEGS,TEME,TEMS,TENE,TENS,

3-letter words (27 found)

EEN,EME,EMS,ENE,ENG,ENS,EST,GEE,GEM,GEN,GET,MEE,MEG,MEN,MES,MET,NEE,NEG,NET,SEE,SEG,SEN,SET,TEE,TEG,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EM,EN,ES,ET,ME,NE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 115 words from segment according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of segment

segment

Etymology

From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secāre (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

noun
  • (UK, US) enPR: sĕgʹmənt, IPA(key): /ˈsɛɡ.mənt/
verb
  • (UK) IPA(key): /sɛɡˈmɛnt/
  • (US) enPR: sĕgʹmĕnt, sĕg-mĕntʹ, IPA(key): /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/, /sɛɡˈmɛnt/

Noun

segment (plural segments)

  1. A length of some object.
  2. One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
    Synonyms: cleft, clove
  3. (mathematics) A portion.
    1. A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them; a line segment.
    2. (geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
    3. (geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
    4. (topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
  4. (sciences) A portion.
    1. (phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
    2. (botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
    3. (zoology) One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.
  5. (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
  6. (computing) An Ethernet bus.
  7. (computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
  8. (travel) A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.

Synonyms

  • (part or section of a whole): lith
  • (straight path): line segment
  • (area of a circle): circular segment

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

  • seven-segment display

Related terms

Translations

Verb

segment (third-person singular simple present segments, present participle segmenting, simple past and past participle segmented)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To divide into segments or sections.
    Segment the essay by topic.

Hyponyms

  • supreme

Translations

Further reading

  • “segment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “segment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin segmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [səɡˈmen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [səɡˈment]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [seɡˈment]

Noun

segment m (plural segments)

  1. segment

Derived terms

  • segmentar

Further reading

  • “segment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “segment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “segment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “segment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”)

Noun

segment

  1. segment

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French segment, from Latin segmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛxˈmɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: seg‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

segment n (plural segmenten, diminutive segmentje n)

  1. A segment.

Derived terms

  • bolsegment
  • cirkelsegment
  • lijnsegment
  • segmentaal
  • segmentboog
  • segmentrand

Related terms

  • sectie
  • segmentatie
  • segmenteren

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: segment
  • → West Frisian: segmint

French

Etymology

From Latin segmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛɡ.mɑ̃/

Noun

segment m (plural segments)

  1. segment (all senses)

Descendants

  • → Dutch: segment
    • Afrikaans: segment
    • → West Frisian: segmint
  • → Romanian: segment
  • → Turkish: segment

Further reading

  • “segment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin segmentum.

Noun

segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment or segmenter, definite plural segmenta or segmentene)

  1. a segment

References

  • “segment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “segment” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin segmentum.

Noun

segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment, definite plural segmenta)

  1. a segment

References

  • “segment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French segment, from Latin segmentum.

Noun

segment n (plural segmente)

  1. segment

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sěɡment/
  • Hyphenation: seg‧ment

Noun

sègment m (Cyrillic spelling сѐгмент)

  1. segment

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseɡment/
  • Hyphenation: seg‧ment

Noun

segment m inan (genitive singular segmentu, nominative plural segmenty, genitive plural segmentov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. segment

Declension

Further reading

  • “segment”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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